1. Please note the revised times and locations of Pre-Congress Events: see below.
2. The previously advertised Pre-Congress Workshop has been cancelled.
3. Congress Day 1 will start at 8.30am. Congress Day 2 will start at 8.40am.
4. A light breakfast (coffee, tea, juices, bagels, and muffins) will be available at 7.30am on both Day 1 and Day 2.
5. The registration desk will open at 7.30am on Days 1 and 2 at the Congress venue.
6. Pre-registered participants will receive a complimentary lunch box on Days 1 and 2.
7. The nearest campus parkade is Health Sciences Parkade on East Mall (use Gate 11 or Gate 7; $12/day), only a 3-min. walk to the Congress venue. Inexpensive outdoor parking lots are also available on the south side of the campus.
8. Please go to the web-page: The final version of the Program and Schedule.
9. For out-of-town visitors, please be aware that the weather condition can be unpredictable. Please bring an umbrella just in case. Also, mornings and evenings may be cool enough to require a light jacket or sweater.
10. There will be English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation available. You will be required to sign out a receiver and return it at the end of each day.
Pre-Congress Events (August 23, 2007)
1. Sociodrama: Birth of Morita Therapy
Time: 3.30pm to 4.45pm, August 23 (Thursday), 2007
Location: Lecture Hall #120 in the Aquatic and Ecosystems Research Laboratory (A.E.R.L.) at 2202 Main Mall on UBC campus
Presenters: Hajime Mashino, M.D. (Japan Lutheran College, Japan) and his sociodrama performance team
Open to: All Congress registrants and non-registrants (free admission)
Languages: English and Japanese (with use of surtitles)
2. Cultural-Spiritual Ceremonies: First Nations Prayers and Japanese Shinto Purification
Time: 5pm to 6.10pm, August 23 (Thursday), 2007
Location: First Nations Longhouse at 1985 West Mall on UBC campus
- First Nations Prayers by Elder Gerry Oleman (Musqeaum spiritual dancer)
- Shinto Purification Performance by Priest Wataru Kaya (Japan) and others
Open to: All Congress registrants and non-registrants (free admission)
Languages: English and Ancient Japanese
3. Welcoming Reception (Supper, Music, and Evening Lecture)
Time: 6.20pm – 8.30pm
Location: Congress main venue: Aquatic and Ecosystems Research Laboratory (A.E.R.L.) at 2202 Main Mall, across from Scarfe Building
Open to: Only Congress registrants and invited guests
4. Pre-Congress Evening Lecture
Title: On the relationship between Arugamama and Kannagara: Considerations on Morita therapy from a Shinto point of view
Presenter: Wataru Kaya, M.D., Ph.D. (Tanashi Shrine and Kaya Clinic, Japan) and Shin Yamamoto (Tanashi Shrine, Japan)
Chair: Paul McCarthy, Ph.D. (Surugadai University, Japan)
Time: 7.00pm – 7.20pm
Location: Congress main venue: Aquatic and Ecosystems Research Laboratory (A.E.R.L.) at 2202 Main Mall, across from Scarfe Building
Open to: Only Congress registrants and invited guests
